Relationship elucidated between genes associated with psychiatric disorders and social communication

A study, published recently in Molecular Psychiatry, has investigated the genetic overlap between the risk of psychiatric disorders and social communication problems. The researchers demonstrated that genes associated with both schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) overlapped with genes conferring social competence; however, the genetic links had distinct developmental profiles.

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